[BC] web registrars

[Alan Kline]

I'll add my 2 bits here as well...

I've been a customer of Chris' for 3 or 4 years now, and I've been very 
happy with the service. Chris and his people are great! For most of that 
time, I'd been a web-hosting customer, but about 6 weeks ago took the 
leap to a VPS. (6 weeks ago I couldn't spell "server admin", now I are 
one... ;-) ) I'm very pleased with the product and service--we had a few 
bumps getting the box running smoothly, and Chris and his support guys 
responded quickly and did a great job getting things taken care of...

ak

Chris Gebhardt wrote:
> I will get in and get out on this thread, lest I appear to be 
> advertising or saying something untoward about a competitor.
> 
> My company, VIRTBIZ Internet Services, is part of a 30 year old family 
> business based in Dallas, TX.   We have been in the hosting business 
> since 1996.
> 
> We provide both *nix and Windows based servers, as well as VPS (virtual 
> private server), dedicated servers and colocation.   We provide domain 
> registration as a customer amenity.   Everything we do is from our 
> wholly-owned facility in Dallas.   We own our own 10,000 sf datacenter 
> and everything in it.  We have a 192Gbps-capable routing core with 
> multiple upstream peers.
> 
> Hosting is really a commodity.  Providers are everywhere, and 80% of 
> them are great.  I think we're pretty great.  It's the remaining 20% 
> that I really worry about, and they're the ones that give the business a 
> black eye.  I won't name names, but what has been previously mentioned 
> regarding domains being "reserved" by some registrars is absolutely 
> true.   There is work being done at ICANN right now to try and put an 
> end to it.
> 
> I've been proud to have our company support Barry's service for several 
> years now, and if any of you ever have an Internet-related need, I hope 
> you'll drop me a line.  We're 100% US-based, family owned and operated, 
> and can handle everything from basic hosting to full-on design to 
> running a 10gigE metro loop and everything in between.  If we're not the 
> company for you, we'll give you a recommendation.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris Gebhardt
> VIRTBIZ Internet Services
> chris at virtbiz.com | (972) 485-4125